Evaluation advice

• ODE updated the Committee on the status of evaluations considered by the IEC out of session since the last IEC meeting, and noted those recently published.
• The IEC discussed the status of current evaluations:
  • Australia Awards and Women's leadership Evaluation
  • Evaluation of Australia's partnership with the Secretariat of the Pacific Community
  • Evaluation of response to Cyclone Pam
  • Operational evaluation of Mampu
  • Review of Operational Evaluations
  • ODE's support to operational evaluations
  • Evaluation of the Eastern Indonesia National Roads Improvement Project (EINRIP)
• The Committee endorsed the forward work plan for ODE after making a number of suggestions.
• The Committee noted ODE's update on its performance and quality analysis work.
• The Committee endorsed the report on the review of uptake of ODE recommendations.
• The Committee noted the concept note presented on the evaluation of disability inclusive development, and proposed that clear guidance could be developed on what the focus of the evaluation would involve.
• The Committee endorsed the revised Executive Summary for Phase 1 evaluation report and Phase 2 concept note for teacher development evaluation.
• The Committee endorsed the field report for trade policy and regulation evaluation.

Other business

• Nil

Next meeting

The next meeting of the Independent Evaluation Committee will be held on Tuesday 19 April 2016.

Jim Adams

IEC Chair